The CLI validated, normalized, and classified tickers with its own logic that
diverged from the data layer: it rejected '=' symbols like GC=F (#980),
classified BTCUSD as a stock (#981), and accepted unpriceable BTC-USDT (#982).
Route the CLI through normalize_symbol (now mapping USDT/USDC crypto quotes to
Yahoo's -USD pair), so validation, classification, and pricing agree.
Analyzing a symbol Yahoo Finance does not recognize (e.g. XAUUSD+) could
produce an invented price instead of an error. The agent now either prices
the correct instrument or clearly reports that data is unavailable.
Ticker support:
- Commodities/forex/crypto resolve to the symbol Yahoo actually serves, so
you can enter the common form and it just works:
XAUUSD / XAUUSD+ / GOLD -> GC=F (gold)
USOIL -> CL=F (WTI crude)
EURUSD -> EURUSD=X
BTCUSD -> BTC-USD
SPX500 / NAS100 -> ^GSPC / ^NDX
Native Yahoo symbols (AAPL, GC=F, ^GSPC) keep working unchanged. New
instruments are added by extending the alias table.
Reliability:
- Unknown or delisted symbols now return a clear "data unavailable" result
the agent reports verbatim, instead of a value the model fills in.
- A failed fetch no longer leaves a broken symbol cached until the cache is
cleared by hand.
Yijia-Xiao